Clayton Palmer v. Richard L. Dugger, Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Respondents

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

In this habeas corpus proceeding, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida determined that Clayton Palmer was not entitled to credit for time served in Georgia and South Carolina prior to Palmer’s extradition to Florida. Consequently, the district court denied Palmer’s petition. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I

On March 28, 1982, Palmer was arrested in Georgia on fugitive arrest warrants stemming from a criminal information filed against him in Florida. He was held without bail in Georgia on these warrants for 148 days. On August 23,…